What the hell has happened to my fish?

[kent_white]

Good folk of Wanderersways - I ask humbly for your help. 

About 3 months ago I bought a tropical fish tank with 6 small tropical fish in it (just little Mollys). 

Anyway - the tank now has 5 tropical fish in it because one of the bastards has completely disappeared. 

My options are

a) It's got stuck in the filter somewhere (emptied the filter - moved all the plants etc and no sign)

b) It's jumped out (can't see it anywhere and there is no dead fish smell emanating from anywhere)

c) It's been eaten by another fish (unlikely as they are all the same size and there are no scales or bones floating around). 

So my question to you all is....... Where the fook is it? I'm currently working on the assumption that 

d) It has been abducted by aliens using some sort of tractor beam 

PS - we've no other pets so it's not like a cat has fished it out. 

Thanks in advance! 👍😁

[deeane Koontz]

It jumped out and killed itself pal

[Zico]

@Dimron

[Ani]

Do nt they eat each other ? 

[Spider]

What type of fish is it?

[DazBob]

Mollies are soft cunts and die all the time.  It's probably lay dead in your tank somewhere and the others have eaten most of it.  It won't have any colour left which is why it's so hard to spot.

[London Wanderer]

Plenty more fish in the sea pal 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Aye, probably croaked it and been eaten.

I have numerous sword tails that I want to get rid of, as they breed like fuckery, and out compete others.

If you want some females, or a couple of males (more striking) you're welcome to them.

Or a bastard tank full!

I want to get back to a tank without live-breeders.

[kent_white]

Ha ha - surely there would be some evidence if it has been chomped? 

[DazBob]

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

Ha ha - surely there would be some evidence if it has been chomped? 

Not if they've eaten the evidence.

[kent_white]

26 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Not if they've eaten the evidence.

Surely there would be scales and a skeleton? 

Plus they'd all have guilty looks on their faces! 

[kent_white]

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Aye, probably croaked it and been eaten.

I have numerous sword tails that I want to get rid of, as they breed like fuckery, and out compete others.

If you want some females, or a couple of males (more striking) you're welcome to them.

Or a bastard tank full!

I want to get back to a tank without live-breeders.

I stupidly got a mix of males and females and am awaiting the influx of young! 😁

[gonzo]

Have you got a cat?

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Are you absolutely sure you bought six?

[kent_white]

47 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Have you got a cat?

Nope - no other pets at all!

[kent_white]

32 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Are you absolutely sure you bought six?

🤣 - absolutely 100%

[London Wanderer]

38 minutes ago, kent_white said:

🤣 - absolutely 100%

Happens to the best of us mate

[bolty58]

13 hours ago, kent_white said:

Good folk of Wanderersways - I ask humbly for your help. 

About 3 months ago I bought a tropical fish tank with 6 small tropical fish in it (just little Mollys). 

Anyway - the tank now has 5 tropical fish in it because one of the bastards has completely disappeared. 

My options are

a) It's got stuck in the filter somewhere (emptied the filter - moved all the plants etc and no sign)

b) It's jumped out (can't see it anywhere and there is no dead fish smell emanating from anywhere)

c) It's been eaten by another fish (unlikely as they are all the same size and there are no scales or bones floating around). 

So my question to you all is....... Where the fook is it? I'm currently working on the assumption that 

d) It has been abducted by aliens using some sort of tractor beam 

PS - we've no other pets so it's not like a cat has fished it out. 

Thanks in advance! 👍😁

The last time I delivered this on here I copped a haranguing from an angry fish fiddler. I am going to deliver it anyway.

At the University of Nebraska there is an incredibly powerful optical instrument known as the Nuclear Microptic Autocollimator Microscope. 

With this incredible piece of equipment, it is possible to observe the tiniest items imaginable - in some cases the actual atom itself.

If I were using this instrument right now, I would still be unable to locate my interest in your problem.

[DazBob]

9 hours ago, kent_white said:

Surely there would be scales and a skeleton? 

You've watched too many cartoons

 

[kent_white]

1 hour ago, DazBob said:

You've watched too many cartoons

 

🤣 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

10 hours ago, kent_white said:

I stupidly got a mix of males and females and am awaiting the influx of young! 😁

Just looking- apparently the females can store sperm for a year, so even if you remove males, they may still have babies.

The good news is that parents will eat their young, so if you see any little ones, maybe stop feeding them! 

As for the remaining skeletal parts, maybe they were drawn into the filtration system.

What size is your tank by the way, and is it naturally planted, and is your substrate gravel or sand, or both?

[gonzo]

What do you call a fish with no eye?

[1969]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

What do you call a fish with no eye?

Well that rules out Madeline 

[kent_white]

7 hours ago, gonzo said:

What do you call a fish with no eye?

Works better when it's not written down this one! 😁

[kent_white]

8 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Just looking- apparently the females can store sperm for a year, so even if you remove males, they may still have babies.

The good news is that parents will eat their young, so if you see any little ones, maybe stop feeding them! 

As for the remaining skeletal parts, maybe they were drawn into the filtration system.

What size is your tank by the way, and is it naturally planted, and is your substrate gravel or sand, or both?

65L with gravel and naturally planted......

Jesus - I've potentially got a fish carcass in me filter! 👀